Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare, directed by Gregory Doran, RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, Thursday 18 October and Wednesday 14 November 2018. Reviewed by Peter Malin All quotations from the play are from the 1987 New Penguin edition, ed. by R. A. Foakes Academic theatre reviewing should sometimes, I think, consist of more […]
Tamburlaine by Christopher Marlowe. Adapted and directed by Ng Choon Ping for Yellow Earth Theatre at the Old Fire Station, Oxford, 13 April 2017. Reviewed by Peter Malin All textual references are to Christopher Marlowe, Tamburlaine the Great: Parts I and II, ed. by John D. Jump, Regents Renaissance Drama Series (London: Arnold, 1967). […]
’Tis Pity She’s a Whore by John Ford Directed by Declan Donnellan for Cheek by Jowl at Oxford Playhouse (on tour), 7 February 2012 Reviewed by Peter Malin References to the play are to John Ford, ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore, ed. by Martin Wiggins, New Mermaids, 2nd edn (London: A. & C. Black, 2003) In just under […]